Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-17
HE CONFEssEs.
Richard Seaman Scott Tells How He
Held Bank Up.

Richard Seaman Scott Tells How He
Held Bank Up.
NEW EoRE. August IL Richard Sea
man Scott, who abscouded with $lGO. OO0
that belonged to the Manhattan Bank, of
which he had been an emplOye, in l7HI,
aud about " whcse disappearance and where
abouts there was such a profound mystery,
has made q confession before Consul Gen
cral Waller, at London. For a
time there were all manner OF
rumors about his location, but the story at
las, was dropped People who were di-
rcctly interested in the case were more
active and have long since known Of his
movements. A suit has inst been instl-
tutei in the Supreme Court which dis
closes not alone SCOTS action hut the fact
that he was not alone in this
STUTENHDUs DETALCATION.
This suit il brought against John L.
Dunn, SCOTS colleague, for the recovery
OF $4,000 The documents included in
this case embrace IN affidavit by the dc
iaultcr which is a statement Of the history
of the case, hrI 1t is in truth confession
OF his theft.
Scott, according 10 the complaint, was
for twenty years trusted cmployc Of the
Manhattan bank to June lst, l~s5. In
the latter part of ms service he was the
paying teller Of the bank, which is located
at 10. 40 Wall street. Most of this time
ne had in his custody daily over 4 million
dollars On June l~t, l-~5, he abscondcd
with 500. 600 which he never returned.
The public has never heard from him since
that time until to-day, when this suit was
made known. lie is now in London,
where ne has been since September !,
l--5. 1t is now shown that John L..
Dunn is
\ BIGGER RASCAL
than Scott aud was partly the cause Of the
Iatter's forgetting his duty. Gin Monday,
.tcue and Myers, as counsel for the bank,
obtained an order from Judge honohuc Tor
the arrest Of Dunn in their suit against
him. At2O'clock in tie afternoon OF that
day Dunn was arrested. Damn for many
wears was practiciug lawyer in this
city, but OF late has been IN
the brokerage bueineSS. In the
complaint it j. charged that Dunn got the
money out of Scott, that he was the gniIty
party, aud that as he controlled and gov
erned Scott, induced him to steal the
mouey. The principal foundation for the
suit is in aiiidavits by relatives OF the
embozzlcr and the principal one OF
these Is by Scott himself. 1t Is
voluminous and was drawn pin the pres
cuce of and acknowledged by Jnited States
Consul Gcncral Waller at London on June
IT, In it Scott states that at various times
prior to June /. l~Sj, he extracted small
sums of money from the safe, which aGETc-
gated about $4,000 This he hld
LOST IN SpECULATIS
on the "street. 80 About this time there was
a change in the administrations of the
bank Dewitt c. Hayes, who had been
the treasurer of the stock exchange havin-
succeeded Wm. Henry Smith rs President
of the bank. ScOttIfeared that this might
cause an investigation OF the banks affairs.
J. K. Dunn, cousin of SCOTS wife wa~
practicing law then, and Ssott hastened
TO him for adylcc. Dunn asked him ho"
much money was within his reach. scott
replied tina. there was over a million dol
lars in his charge. Damn addressing Scott
said: MY advice to you is take one mil
lion dollars. 1t will he enough to cripple
the bank and will enable you to 20 to
Canada 1t you take a small amount peo
pie will laugh at you, but if you take a
large amount
PEOPLE Will. SAY YOU ARE SMART
and yoE will compel tie bank to COM
promise Then Dunn asked him il he